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14 killed and dozens injured after Mumbai billboard collapse 2024-05-14
Arab Times

A billboard has collapsed and killed 14 people and injured dozens in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported on Monday. MUMBAI, India, May 14: A sudden storm in Mumbai resulted in a catastrophic event as a massive billboard collapsed,...

photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade

Putin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts 2024-05-14
CNN

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and Ukraine. Putin will arrive in China just over a week...

photo: AP / Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File

India election: Will a 45C heatwave affect who voters choose? 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

New Delhi, India – Midway through his address to voters in the searing heat of central India late in April, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari fainted and collapsed on stage. When he was revived a few minutes later, Gadkari returned to the podium, blaming the oppressive weather...

photo: AP / Dar Yasin

Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Supporters of McBride have long expressed his concern that the Australian government was more interested in punishing him for...

photo: AP / Rod McGuirk

Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

Singapore – For the first time in 20 years, Singapore will inaugurate a new prime minister, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will take the reins of power in a ceremony on Wednesday, May 15. The 51-year-old will replace Lee Hsien Loong – the eldest son of the...

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Asia stocks touch 15-month top, wary of US inflation 2024-05-13
Bahrain News Agency

Sydney, May 13 (BNA): Asian shares eked out a 15-month high on Monday in a week when inflation figures could either support or undermine expectations for earlier U.S. rate cuts, while Chinese activity data will test optimism about a sustained recovery in the world's No. 2 economy. Beijing has...

photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Voting resumes with India-occupied Kashmir poised to oppose Modi 2024-05-13
Dawn

India’s six-week election resumed on Monday including in India-occupied Kashmir (IoK), where voters are expected to show their discontent with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cancellation of the disputed territory’s semi-autonomy and the security crackdown that followed. Modi remains popular across...

photo: AP / Manish Swarup

Indonesia flood death toll rises to 41 with 17 missing 2024-05-13
Gulf-Times

The number of people killed by flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 41 with 17 more missing, a local disaster agency official told AFP Monday.Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia's most active...

photo: AP / Ali Nayaka

Can Pakistan’s Imran Khan and army patch up, a year after violent clashes? 2024-05-13
Al Jazeera

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir was blunt. Addressing army officials during his visit to Lahore Garrison on May 9, Munir said, “There can be no compromise or deal with the planners and architects of this dark chapter in our history.” Munir was referring to the events of...

photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary

Devastating Afghanistan flash floods death toll climbs to 315 2024-05-12
Daily Sabah

At least 315 people have now been confirmed killed and 1,600 others wounded in northern Afghanistan flash floods caused by heavy rains, according to local authorities Sunday. Thou ......

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